ianrodger
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| Types of speakers to create nightclub style sound? Klipsch La Scalas were in nearly all of the clubs I frequented back in the day and would serve you well. Klipschorns if you have the funds and want to utilise corners.My Zu Soul Superfly's really rock too.Enjoy your mission and don't forget to rep... | |
| Flea Watt Amp: What Speakers Are. You Using With Yours? Recommendations I use a Miniwatt with 2.5 watts output and it easily powers either my Klipschorns or my Zu Soul Superfly’s which are 16 Ohms. I also have 6 watt and 12 watt vintage Mullard amps that drive them easily too. | |
| TRL WON'T GIVE ME MY AMP Claim the insurance. They'll either pay you or go down the rabbit hole and find it for you | |
| Favorite cover? Neil Young and Crazy Horse doing the Beatles "I Saw Her Standing There". I saw this on a Paul McCartney Tribute night and it brought the house down.Dirty old Town by the PoguesLots of covers of Dylans songs were better than his versions imho - "Al... | |
| Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc?? too busy listening to the music | |
| Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl as a lifelong motorcyclist I much prefer leather as opposed to vinyl. It's warmer and has more abrasion resistance.As for records, they wear out a little bit every time you play them. The needle wears out a little bit every time you play it, the... | |
| Klipsch K Horns (the new AK6) Thanks for the link to that article George. I enjoyed it.Mrdecibel, I too am happy with what I have - a few different amps and a pair of vintage Klipschorns that have been in the family for 40 years and situated in a room with double brick walls a... | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers Klipschorns. Or KEF Concertos. | |
| Our Responsibility Assuming (uh,oh) that most people on here were born between 1945 and 1960, I think the reason behind the lack of enthusiasm for our hobby might be because we all matured and first had our own disposable income available at the time when "stack st... | |
| List your System Ingredients: Listed most to least expensive, by list price or price paid Having paid $2000 around 1980 for the vintage Klipschorns I still use, albeit with 10 year old crossovers, what I paid for everything else over the years is all out of balance considering that to replace them would cost me north of $20,000 today. ... | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? The Luxman 308 sitting behind me. | |
| What is the least compressed signal? Have you tried Digital Radio? Sounds pretty good to me. | |
| What brand was better than it is today? Mullard, Western Electrics, General Electrics etc etc etc | |
| Used vs New vs Vintage vs Floorstanding vs Bookshelf vs ..... OMG! Tykozen ,have you thought of or heard of Zu? Made in Utah and they have what they call a "dirty weekend" where you can try a loaner pair of their speakers. I guess you get to keep them or return them according to your opinion of them.I have a pair... | |
| I want a streamer Antipodes, a New Zealand company so the exchange rate is probably advantageous to you too. |